Ural Typhoon
Ural Typhoon is Russia's multi-functional, modular, armoured, mine resistant vehicle family. The chassis consists of the car bonnet, frame, three-axle drive, bonneted frame and chassis.[2] The Typhoon is part of Russia's large vehicle Typhoon program.
| Ural Typhoon | |
|---|---|
 Ural-63095 Typhoon MRAP | |
| Type | MRAP |
| Place of origin | Russian Federation |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2014-present |
| Used by | Russian Armed Forces |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Military Industrial Company |
| Designed | 2010 |
| Manufacturer | Ural Automotive Plant |
| Produced | 2014-present |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 24 tons |
| Length | 9.5m |
| Width | 2.60m |
| Height | 3.50m [1] |
| Crew | 3+16 |
| Engine | YaMZ-5367 turbodiesel 450 hp |
| Transmission | automatic |
| Suspension | 6×6 wheeled |
Operational range | 1120 mi (1800 km) |
| Maximum speed | 65mph (105 km/h) |
Versions
Can be used as reconnaissance, command and staff vehicles, machinery EW / RTR or communications, ambulance or to conduct engineering, radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance of transportation.
Operational history
A Ukrainian military intelligence report has the truck to offer “weak protection against damage by small arms” [3]
Features
Two variants have been identified thus far:[4]
Ural-63095
Ural Typhoon passenger compartment
Ural Typhoon rear module
- Total weight: 24 tons
- Crew: 3 + 16 in module
- Configuration: 6 × 6
- Power: YaMZ-5367 450 hp turbodiesel
- Transmission: six-speed automatic transmission
- Transfer case: mechanical two-stage
- Tyres: bullet-proof with automatic sealing
- Armor type: Laminated glass and composite (steel and ceramic)
- Protection class: proof from 14.5 mm armor-piercing bullets, up to 8 kg of explosives underneath
- Armament: remote-controlled unit mounting a 7.62 mm HMG or 14.5 mm KPV HMG, loopholes
Ural-63099
- Crew: 3 + 12
Ural-63099 Typhoon MRAP
Operators
Current operators
See also
Notes
- At full weight and ground clearance= 4.20m
- http://old.redstar.ru/2011/09/14_09/1_01.html (Yuri Avdeev The attraction of Nizhny Tagil "Red Star" (14 September 2011). Retrieved October 12, 2012)
- Miriah Davis (August 11, 2022). "Russian weapons are old and ineffective, new report from Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says". www.skynews.com.au. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
- "«Группа ГАЗ» представляет перспективные".
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